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Noma Loses American Express and Blackbird Sponsors For Los Angeles Dinners

American Express and Blackbird have pulled out of a series of pop-up dinners in Los Angeles after The Times reported allegations that René Redzepi attacked workers.

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René Redzepi, pictured here at a 2017 Noma pop-up in Tulum, Mexico, has been accused of physical and psychological abuse by dozens of former employees.
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Elevated Energy Prices Add to Fed’s Dilemma on Interest Rates

Investors now expect that the Fed will delay a rate cut until September instead of July, as they had before the war in Iran began.

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Economists expect energy-related price pressures to push inflation up to some degree in the coming months.
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Who Are the Men Accused of Bringing Homemade Bombs to Gracie Mansion?

A high school senior and a recent graduate, both from the Philadelphia suburbs, were charged by federal prosecutors with trying to support a terrorist group.

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Emir Balat, 18, was arrested outside Gracie Mansion, the New York City mayor’s residence, on Saturday. He is accused of throwing a homemade bomb at far-right protesters.
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YouTube Adds Tool to Help Public Figures Report Fake Videos

Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.

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The San Bruno, Calif., headquarters of YouTube, which is introducing a program to help participants monitor and report videos that use artificial intelligence to impersonate them.
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The Race to Stop Wildlife Trafficking in Africa

In Nigeria, customs officers and conservationists are confronting the grim impacts of the $20 billion trade.

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Imelda Effiong taking care of Bili, a gorilla, at Pandrillus’s wildlife-rehabilitation center in Calabar, Nigeria, in April 2025. Bili was rescued from traffickers by the Nigeria Custom Service’s Special Wildlife Office.
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At Noma, Accusations of Past Physical Abuse

Dozens of former employees say René Redzepi inflicted physical and psychological violence on the staff for years.

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Noma, in Copenhagen, has become one of the world’s most famous restaurants under its chef, René Redzepi. Former workers have come forward to say that its reputation was built on abusive working conditions.
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War and the Economy

We look at the conflict’s global economic impact.

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In Oman yesterday.
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War Brings New Water Crises to an Already-Parched Iran

Iran has accused the United States of bombing a desalination plant on Qeshm Island. The country was already facing a severe water shortage.

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An enormous sinkhole and land subsidence in Khuzestan, southwestern Iran, in 2021.
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Mississippi and Georgia Elections: What to Watch in Today’s Primaries

It’s Primary Day in Mississippi, where a younger Democrat is trying to oust a House veteran, and in Georgia, where Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former seat is up for grabs.

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Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, is defending his seat against Evan Turnage.
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Trump Antisemitism Inquiry Demanding List of Jews at Penn Heads to Court

The Trump administration, which said it is investigating harassment, sued the University of Pennsylvania after it refused a request to provide information about Jewish students and staff.

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The University of Pennsylvania campus. The school has been fighting a request that it hand over contact information for Jewish students and staff.
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iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle

Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.

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Some families are reining in their children’s screen time at home only to find it expanding at school.
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Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.

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A Syncrude facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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